JFFS2: retry large buffer allocations

Replace direct call to kmalloc for a potentially large, contiguous
buffer allocation with one to mtd_kmalloc_up_to which helps ensure the
operation can succeed under low-memory, highly- fragmented situations
albeit somewhat more slowly.

Signed-off-by: Grant Erickson <marathon96@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/scan.c b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
index b632dddcb482..8d8cd3419d02 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/scan.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int jffs2_scan_medium(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
         uint32_t buf_size = 0;
         struct jffs2_summary *s = NULL; /* summary info collected by the scan process */
 #ifndef __ECOS
-        size_t pointlen;
+        size_t pointlen, try_size;
 
         if (c->mtd->point) {
                 ret = c->mtd->point(c->mtd, 0, c->mtd->size, &pointlen,
@@ -113,18 +113,21 @@ int jffs2_scan_medium(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
                 /* For NAND it's quicker to read a whole eraseblock at a time,
                    apparently */
                 if (jffs2_cleanmarker_oob(c))
-                        buf_size = c->sector_size;
+                        try_size = c->sector_size;
                 else
-                        buf_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+                        try_size = PAGE_SIZE;
 
-                /* Respect kmalloc limitations */
-                if (buf_size > 128*1024)
-                        buf_size = 128*1024;
+                D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "Trying to allocate readbuf of %zu "
+                        "bytes\n", try_size));
 
-                D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "Allocating readbuf of %d bytes\n", buf_size));
-                flashbuf = kmalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+                flashbuf = mtd_kmalloc_up_to(c->mtd, &try_size);
                 if (!flashbuf)
                         return -ENOMEM;
+
+                D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "Allocated readbuf of %zu bytes\n",
+                        try_size));
+
+                buf_size = (uint32_t)try_size;
         }
 
         if (jffs2_sum_active()) {